Yabu Bloody things should be banned for public sale. no one bothers to use common courtesy to advise their neighbours of their impending explosions so we can plan actions to limit effects on scared dogs, children and so on.And setting them off at all hours of the night just stop it or if you must piss all your neighbours off let them know when it will start AND STOP so we know when NOT to try and get a dog out for a wee or a child back to sleep. Or not use them and let some fcukwit child set them off on the morning walk to school along a pavement hitting my dog and I and another child because you can't be arsed to keep the, safe when you have bought them and not suede the bloody things Better still bugger off to a public display.(Removes self from soap box)

I don't like the random ones but love the big displays.The Edinburgh street party has had them for years, way before the millenium, with the castle as backdrop and classical music.I haven't been for many years now though, the crowds are scary.

In NL you can only buy fireworks for a few days leading up to New Year. People spend a small fortune. On the big day kids drop bangers down drains and throw fire crackers which adults ignore. The letter boxes and dog poo bins are all sealed up by the council.

All evening you hear a few fireworks go off but nothing too big. Then at midnight everyone goes out to the front (not back) of their houses and sets off their fireworks.

It is an incredible sight. The fireworks go on solidly for an hour or more and then more intermittently until the early hours.

People walk up and down the street with glasses of champagne and toast their neighbours.